Fence-post



(No Model.)

R. A. SAWYER & T. GUY.

FENCE POST.

Patented May 31 1887.

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REUBEN A. SAWYER AND WALDO T. GUY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,853, dated May31,1887. Application filed November 8, 1886. Serial No. 218,250. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, REUBEN A. SAWYER and'WALDO T. GUY, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Columbus, in the county of Franklin andState of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inFence-Posts, of which the following is a specifieation. 1

Our invention relates moreparticularly to improvements in the base uponwhich the post is adapted to rest and the connection of the post withsaid base; and the objects of our invention are,'first, to form a solidbase for fenceposts of great strength and durability and of suchconstruction and shape as to facilitate the molding thereof; second, toconstruct the same in a neat and simple manner of such material and insuch shape as to render the same impervious to cold and water; third, toform a firm attachment of the post with saidbase in such a manner as toadmit of the post being adjusted vertically on the base; fourth, toprovide a suitable cap or cover for the base, and, fifth, to produce thesame at a low cost of manufacture. These objects I accomplish in themanner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichi Figure 1 isan elevation of the base with the cap thercon,-showing the post securedthereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan viewof the cap. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the cap; and Fig. 5 is atrans-- verse section of the base, taken on line 00 :10 of Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents an oblong vertical base, preferably formed of hardenedearthenware, and consisting of a solid center having a number of solidvertical arms orflanges, a, radiating outwardly therefrom. The outersurface of the angles formed by the union of the arms a and the centerof the base are somewhat flattened toform a bearing for the flatsurfacesof the arms of the post B, the latter being formed, in the well-knownmanner, of two verticallyparallel arms, 0, diverging from a common pointat the top. Each of the arms a is provided in its lower portion with ashort vertical slot, d. The base a, at a point near its upper end, isprovided with a hole, 6, made to extend transversely through the solidcentral portion thereof. The arms a of the post B having been adjustedso that their lower portion will bear Within opposite angles of thecentral portion of the base near the top thereof, a bolt, f, is made topass through the slots (1 and hole a, said bolt being provided with-anut, g, by means of which the arms of the post may be clamped againstthe base at any de- ;sired point within the limit of the slot.

- In order to protect the exposed top of the neat appearance, I providethe base with a closetitting cap, h, preferably of a clrcular orhexagonal form, and having two slots, it, 1n

its top to admit of the passage of the arms 0 of base, and at the sametime give the same a formed, and that by its peculiar shape thenecessity of forming perforations therein, as is usually done tofacilitate the productlon 0t hardened earthenware, is obviated. Itwillalso be seen that by its form noperforation or recesses are leftopen to admit of water being frozen therein, and that a simple, strong,and adjustable connection of the post is made therewith.

Having now fully described my invention, I what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the hardened earthenware base A, having anumber of solid flanges, a, and a bolt-hole, e, of the post B, havingslottedarms c, bolt f, and nut g, substantially as and for the purposespecified. 2. The combination, with the hardened earthenware base A,having a number of solid flanges, a, and a bolt-hole, e, of the post B,having slotted arms a, made to pass through holes i i in the cap it,made to fit over the top of the base-bolt f, and nut g, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

REUBEN ACSAWYER. WALDO T. GUY.

Witnesses:

J. P. ANDREWS, W. S. SHEPHERD.

